Wrestlemania 32 Full _top_ Show Guide

The undercard of WrestleMania 32 was a study in contradiction. On one hand, the ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship delivered the high-risk, car-crash violence the event demands. Zack Ryder’s shocking, fleeting victory remains one of the great emotional pop moments in Mania history, a genuine reward for loyalty. On the other hand, The Rock’s impromptu segment—where he squashed Erick Rowan in six seconds and brought out a pre-fight Conor McGregor clone—felt less like wrestling and more like a desperate ratings grab. It was fun, but it exposed the show’s lack of depth; when you need a Hollywood icon to kill a mid-carder just to fill time, you are treading water.

To understand WrestleMania 32, one must first understand the body count. By the time the show went live, WWE was without John Cena, Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, Cesaro, Luke Harper, and most devastatingly, its original planned main eventer, Bray Wyatt. This forced a frantic rewrite. The resulting card was a patchwork quilt of mid-card promotions, returning legends, and the unthinkable burden of placing the entire company on the shoulders of Roman Reigns and a part-timer, Triple H. The show’s pre-show—featuring a forgettable 10-woman tag match and a US Title match that belonged on Raw —immediately signaled that this was a night of survival, not revolution. wrestlemania 32 full show

Then came the main event. Triple H vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The problem was not the work rate—both men fought a surprisingly stiff, hard-hitting brawl. The problem was the audience. In a stadium of 101,763 people (the largest in WWE history), the crowd rejected the narrative with religious fervor. They cheered the villainous Triple H and booed the heroic Reigns mercilessly. The match became a meta-drama: the company trying to force a coronation while 100,000 people screamed for anyone else. When Reigns finally speared Triple H to win, the silence was deafening. It was not a triumphant end; it was an exhausted surrender. The record-breaking crowd went home not celebrating a champion, but exhausted by the effort of hating him. The undercard of WrestleMania 32 was a study